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Charlottetown (electoral district)

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Prince Edward Island

MP
  
Sean Casey Liberal

First contested
  
2004

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
27,891

Charlottetown (electoral district)

Census divisions
  
Queens County, Charlottetown

Charlottetown (formerly Hillsborough) is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The district, which includes the entire City of Charlottetown, has an area of 46 km2 and a population of 32,245 as of 2001.

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Demographics

  • Ethnic groups: 97.2% White
  • Languages: 94.8% English, 2.1% French, 2.5% Other
  • Religions: 47.7% Catholic, 39.5% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 8.3% no affiliation
  • Average income: $26,205
  • History

    From 1966 until 2004, most of the Charlottetown riding was part of the riding of Hillsborough. In 2003, there was a riding readjustment; some pieces of the old Hillsborough riding became part of Cardigan. 96.4% of the riding of Charlottetown was previously part of the Hillsborough riding, and 3.6% was previously part of Malpeque. There were no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

    Member of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    2011 election

    In 2011, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

    References

    Charlottetown (electoral district) Wikipedia